We hope that everyone is enjoying summer activities and hopefully some much-deserved rest. The Strong Foundations Team is working on reviewing all the collected data and feedback from our Spring activities to make improvements, when possible, to our support for the coming school year. We know August will be busy for us all and look forward to supporting a strong start to the 2024-2025 school year! 

Warm regards, 

• Executed Contracts – Please ensure that your LEA has submitted their executed contract into their Google folders. If an extension request has been submitted previously and a change in dates has happened, please make sure to communicate those changes to the Strong Foundations Planning team at strongfoundations@tea.texas.gov.
• Contact Update Form – Please complete this SY24-25 form if you are supporting Strong Foundations in any way (district lead, RBIS trainer, etc.)! We are pulling our email list from this form. If you were on the contact list last grant cycle but have not completed it this cycle, you still need to fill out this SY24-25 form.
• Roadmap Planning Tool – Milestone date is 8/16. If you need an extension, please fill out the deliverable survey.

• (Required) AP Monthly Meeting – Next meeting is July 19 @ 9:00 a.m. All SF Managers and AP District Leads are required to attend monthly meetings. Registration for all AP Meetings.
• Miss an AP Monthly Meeting? Watch the recording, review the slide deck, and fill out this Missed AP Meeting form to remain in compliance with attendance.
• Required LEA CoPs: Please remind your LEAs of the required LEA CoPs. This is their opportunity to hear from a spotlight district about their SFP journey and to collaborate and innovate with other current SFP districts. They have a choice of day to attend:
  • Thursdays, 800 and less student enrollment
  • Fridays, over 800 student enrollment
  • Note: They may attend either session based on their availability even if LEA student enrollment doesn’t align. This CoP is for LEAs only (no APs).
• HQIM Learning Lab Visits: Please encourage your LEAs to request an HQIM Learning Lab visit! HQIM Learning Labs will be hosted in both fall 2024 and spring 2025! HQIM Learning Labs allow LEAs to see students engaged with rigorous, grade level content in real time and learn what planning happens in the background to implement HQIM effectively. The Innovator Website will be updated in late July with new dates and additional innovators!
• Instructional Framework Sessions – Do you have District Leads that are new to SFP? We are offering another round of framework training (the first step to get certified). Note: These will be the last framework sessions until winter 2024.
  • August 5 or August 19 – Click here to register 
• Follow up: 6/16 or 6/18 Diagnostics Training: Thank you everyone that attended the Diagnostics Training last month. The feedback was positive and insightful, we look forward to integrating it into future monthly meetings and the AP Playbook in the form of information and support. As a reminder if you and your LEA are interested in or have questions about the following areas please reach out to these emails: 
  • Print Team – Meghan Rios (Meghan.Rios@tea.texas.gov), Tara Arriaga (Tara.Arriaga@tea.texas.gov)
  • Academic Reviews / Center for Academic (CAR) Review Region 7 – Jennifer Maine (jmaine@esc7.net), Liz Pendarvis (lpendarvis@esc7.net)  
     

Interested in learning more about the release of OER Edition 1 materials and the IMRA timeline? Check out these links: 

• TEA Press Release 
• OER Fact Sheet 
• Five Facts on OER for School Leaders 
• OER/IMRA FAQ